New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-02-22
POLITICAL PERSECUTION IN TEXAS
MORE TESTIMONY IN WASHINGTON.
TWO OF THE MEMoRIALIsTs on THE sTAND-sioi'i''
OF sCHEUTZE AND HACkWoKih'
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WASHINGTON Feb 21.-The Senate Committee on fIi'r
leres and Elections heard an important Wltness "'
,, no ~ stenbon A. Hackworth one of the memorial
sts who signed the petition presented to the senae upon
which the present investigation was oroereo' iio "
man about fifty of quiet and dignhed bearing anu
no wa, EXPOSED to an almost Insulting crossexhinih
lion Inv senator Pugh of Alabama, preserved his temper
and eouanimy TO the last lie impressed Almost every
bov favoraby and convinced the audience that he was
telling the truth The sklfu examination conducted by
Senator spooncr brought out the facts relating 10 series
of outrages which to have been worse even thah
stated In the memorial already printed Another VIII
ness heard today was Carl scheutze, another one VINO
signed the memorial to the Senate
r. p Hackworth recalled by the committee To-Day
and identified following note received by HIM through
the mal
SIR: You had plenty Of time TO get away from this
county. you have been stealing from this county
Of your crowd determined to get rid OF yGu ana
you don't and that soon we will proceed TO n"nq as we
Carl schuetze testified that he is Repub-
lican but published independent German pa
per at Brennan and afterward at Galveston
The witness wrote in his paper about the habit OF the
Democratic officials OF summonng class OF jurors VINO
wond not do Justice to Republicans. The antipahy
to him was the fact that he had shown UP h anu
other Objectionable practices. to the 1eriha's' lie
charged paper that the courts OF the county were
run in the interest of the rowdy element lie described
soe Cerman halls at which American youths with re-
yoyers created disturbances for which the courts Afford
ed no redress The witness had no written or verbal or
der n leave town hut TO every man who lived there 1t
was evident that he could not remain He was told by
Mr. Bryan Democrat that II was evident ne couu not
live there that they uhe Democrats would kill him.
Bryan offered 10 buy ont his paper TO suppress IT, offering
5000 $500 His price was II 800 or f2ooo knowing
his life wasn't worth nickel he left renham that night
lie returned subsequently and closed his business and
moved his paper to Galveston when the tram
and rock was thrown into the window
Scheutze said that he did not like 10 say ANYTHING AGAINST
present condition of things did not exist previously was
because the marshals and officers were Formerly hrl
Leans and the Irregularities were Hg@rolsy p"S C
To-day IL Republican WAS killed in Washington 'ouhN
the guilty men were not punished scESulLe was can
didate for county judge against Juute hirh az ,nc H.
election and defeated by 5s2 votes lie c'edthal
HOS votes in mis- favor were unjustly thrown out l..
stephen A. Hack WORTH the memorail>t stated hal TIC
real estate AGENT In 1870 ne was presiding Justice
described the shooting Of three colored men ~ ne o
Hill Precinct in SS4. No effort was made by tIe county
WAS any ewar ever offered for them SO far he knew
the county grand Jury never maze any inNNt.ion vi
the matter. The usual Republican maJortyJh "hat was
called Washington iFeelnct "as a""it i,'ss
o'clock in the evening OF the last election DAY witness
heard that kilograms 10 the Democratic leaders showed
the election had gone Republican by unusually large ma
iotcs short while afterward word came 10 the wit
t ngS az 1r"vok riot The witness went 10 the place
and found Kirk doing his best to provoke difficulty
with Moore Judge Kirk witness said cursed him bruay
and told him 10 come down 10 the railroad track ana ne
would settle his hash The witness ,od Jndse hifR !,
provoke riot Judge XIX had his hands in his pockets
and the witness could the outline OF revolver Kinks
friends were standing around with their hands
in their pistol pockets Judge Kirk had his bull
dozers stationed around 80 that the fighting be-
gan the Republicans wOuld have been killed
Later in The day, continued Mr. liackworta MIX ana
other Democrats in consultation and hc became
sed that Kirk intended Ia organize the ku kux aud
destroy the paot-boXes Judge Kirk went 10 Jewellers
that evening and witness said II the general senti
the county that the baotboNcs were destroyed
at Kinks nstcalion. The witness fet confident that
Kirk had been Jewellers. organized Boon Ford and
others into the Ku KluN. and attempted to destroy the
baot-hox and that II resulted in the shooting OF Bolton
II the coored who arrested and subsequently
hanced) could have been tried the witness confident
that everything would have been disclosed as 10 who
riied the ballot-boNes.
After the lyncng Lewis Bryan told the witness that IL
WIS inn osSbe keep the budozcs OIL the leading Re
pubcai,s any longer tried sell his place but
could not get his price. The witness made campaign
speeches hut made ncendary speeches He had in
his speeches charged that Judge Kirk responsible for
the stealing the school fund and that the nearest
he ever came making incendiary speech The wit
ness still believed that II Ia conceal irregularities OF
this nature that Judge Kirk had determined not 10 20
ont OF Office. 1890